Ineseño

The Ineseño language was traditionally spoken along middle part of the Santa Ynez River. During the mission period, the language was spoken at Mission Santa Inés. Based on archaeological evidence and the testimony of early observers, it has been estimated that speakers of all Chumashan languages together numbered between 10,700 and 17,250 in pre-contact times (King 1969). Today, there are no first-language speakers of any Chumashan language.